In order to project a regional development policy, up-to-date basic studies are essential that intend to attend to the urgencies of the most excluded population. The author makes a review of the reality of Apurima starting with the geography, the political-administrative division and the demographic process to immediately internalize the living conditions of the population, especially employment, education, infrastructure. The work concludes with a review of the economic activities and the gross domestic product calling especially attention to peasants who currently have just s /. 1.43 a day to sustain himself.

The economy and the regional society are developed on a difficult territory and settled in diverse ecological floors. Despite the neglect of public policies, the population in that territory grows, expands its productive activities and gradually provides services. There persists the heart of a nation that is stubborn in its progress and well-being.

As in previous works on the regional reality already published in the IECOS Magazine, the author offers an overview of the department of Ancash, where after the geographical and political-administrative description, the available infrastructure works and the population are indicated. Deficiencies in employment and social services (health and education) are shown and concludes with a review of the economy and productive opportunities in each sector. He once again highlights the interest in attending first to the needs of populations with fewer resources.

The present work is a diagnosis of the reality of Puno that highlights the conditions of poverty in which 80.4% of the inhabitants live, despite the improvement of certain indicators over the last 40 years in aspects such as literacy and the educational level. Agriculture continues to be the main economic activity of the people of Puno, followed by services. Geographical, political and administrative conditions are described with informative tables based on the most recent statistics.

The objective of this research is to determine the technical efficiency gains of electricity distribution companies in Peru since the establishment of the regime established by Law 25844 on Electricity Concessions in November 1992, using stochastic frontier analysis (SFA).